Consider that North Carolina has routinely for the last ten-plus years ranked at the bottom of states in the country at funding its public schools. And then consider how much money has been steered into unregulated private school vouchers here in North Carolina, how much corporate taxes have been lowered over the last decade, and … Continue reading Reason #17 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – How The NCGA Is Funding NC’s Public Schools: Attendance Vs. Enrollment

Go back a few years – say before the Great Recession. 2008. If you started as a teacher with a 4-year degree you would make 30,430 / year. If you planned on earning a master’s degree you could with that same pay scale expect to almost double that amount in salary by the time you … Continue reading Reason #16 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – $1,860 Less A Year In Actual Dollars: Comparing Veteran Teachers With Graduate Degrees From 2008 – 2025/26

Not long ago (2014) , teachers who served the state for at least ten years would receive what was called “longevity” pay as part of their commitment to public schools. In fact, all full-time state employees receive this – or did. Teachers no longer get it. In the long session of 2014, the NC General … Continue reading Reason #15 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – It’s Been Over a Decade Since Teachers Received Longevity Pay

According to the last annual NEA Report on Educator Pay in 2025: And here is what is reported for NC. $15,000+ below the national average is terrible to begin with and average increases are lower than the nation as well. And that $58,292 figure is still a grossly manufactured statistic. One operative word here is … Continue reading Reason #14 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – Because The Average Teacher Salary In NC Sucks

Over a course of ten months, North Carolina public school teachers are officially employed for 215 days. Students in North Carolina typically go to school at least 180 days a school year. Most LEA’s define a contracted day of work as being eight hours for a teacher. Imagine what would happen if educators only worked … Continue reading Reason #13 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – What If Teachers Only Worked The Hours They Were Contracted For?

Thursday starts with this on the front page of the Winston-Salem Journal. That one photo took up about 20% of the entire first page. From that article: The exodus of one-third of the school district's high school athletic directors will leave a leadership and experience gap, he said. Cromwell lamented that throughout the budget crisis, … Continue reading One Day In A Winston-Salem / Forsyth County School: 4/2/26

From WRAL.com: The court threw out that plan Thursday in a 4-3 decision. The ruling invalidates the last decade's worth of actions in the case. But instead of remanding the lawsuit for further action on the claims of the original five school boards that sued — Cumberland, Hoke, Halifax, Vance and Robeson — the court dismissed the case entirely … Continue reading Reason #12 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – What The NC State Supreme Court Did Yesterday

Do a Google search for “duke energy rate hikes over last ten years” and see what the initial AI results show. Interesting. “Cumulative Impact: Recent, consecutive increases mean rates have significantly outpaced inflation, leading to public concern over affordability.” Rates have “SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACED INFLATION.” Now do a search for “north carolina general assembly duke rate hikes” … Continue reading Reason #11 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – Because The NCGA Cares More About Duke Energy’s Profits Than Funding Public Schools

Apparently, that was a lie. Or a cover. Or a ruse. Or, just all of them. From 2017: And then we get Tricia Cotham’s betrayal to public schools. And that argument about vouchers being for lower-income families was just thrown aside. Governor Cooper vetoed the bill that expanded vouchers because it expands vouchers to all … Continue reading Reason #10 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – Remember When Vouchers Were For Lower-Income Families?

The most current numbers for the following as of March 31: SNAP Recipients Average Gas Price Average Milk Price Average Egg Prices Average Bread Price Average Beef Price Consumer Confidence Presidential Approval Rating Federal Interest Rate Dow Jones Index Inflation Rate NC Tax Rates NC Minimum Wage Unemployment Rates Unemployment Benefits Number of People Who … Continue reading March 2026- Numbers To Consider